imagesofAfricanAmericanwomen.Itdoesnotduplicatewhatiscurrentlyexhibitedin othermuseums.Itcontainsoriginalexhibitswhichareheld,unseen,inprivate collections.Thecollectors,committedtopreservingAfricanAmericanhistoryand culture,havepermittedtheiritemstobephotographedforthemuseum.Theitemsare displayedinonlinegalleries.ThefirsttwogalleriesaredevotedtotheAfricanpast.The galleriesincludestatues,masksandavarietyofartifactsfromtheAfricancontinent.ThethirdgallerycontainsimagesofnineteenthandtwentiethcenturyAfrican Americans.Theseimagesarefoundinnewspapersfromtheperiod.Thefourthgallery containsimagesofAfricanAmericanwomeninthelatenineteenthandearlytomid-twentiethcentury.Thegalleriescombineartifacts,art,raredocumentsandephemera.A description of the items will soon be available.Themuseumissupportedbyaninternationalonlinecommunityofresearchers, historians,collectors,scholarsandthoseinterestedinAmericanhistory,specifically the history and culture of African American women.